Forget promotion

[ncRover]

It’s 4 games. So no need to overreact yet. However, the worrying thing for me is that the majority of these players (both last seasons and the new signings) don’t look anywhere near the level required. We’ve got 1 point and 3 of those games were at home.

The usual suspects that are refusing to accept what is becoming quite obvious for the sake of just winding people up on here (the distinct lack of quality) is odd. McCann might be able to turn it around. But he isn’t a miracle worker.

The attackers and 2 right backs are an upgrade.

But for McCann to complain about anything else is like complaining that your subway sandwich is shit. Even though you’ve picked the bread, filling, salad and sauce yourself.

[dickos1]

We are a million miles from it, that was shit

We’re closer to National League than L1 .

We won’t be at Xmas

To be fair, you also said we wouldn’t get relegated from league 1 with 5 games to go when it was blinding obvious to everyone else we would. Forgive me for putting any faith into anything you say. I think you just enjoy attention and one way of getting that is to be radically different. I can live with positivity, but it needs to be balanced with reality

I said we wouldn’t get relegated?
I don’t think I did,
I don’t really care if you’re not taking any notice of what I say, and I’m certainly not radically different from most rationale people.
To be so positive about the season and then now going on like it’s the worst side we’ve ever had after 4 league games is pathetic

[colincramb]

We are a million miles from it, that was shit

We’re closer to National League than L1 .

We won’t be at Xmas

To be fair, you also said we wouldn’t get relegated from league 1 with 5 games to go when it was blinding obvious to everyone else we would. Forgive me for putting any faith into anything you say. I think you just enjoy attention and one way of getting that is to be radically different. I can live with positivity, but it needs to be balanced with reality

I said we wouldn’t get relegated?
I don’t think I did,
I don’t really care if you’re not taking any notice of what I say, and I’m certainly not radically different from most rationale people.
To be so positive about the season and then now going on like it’s the worst side we’ve ever had after 4 league games is pathetic

Not going to argue dickos, because you will always maintain you are right but you did remain convinced we wouldn’t be relegated right up to the end. Can’t be bothered to look for posts because I’m not all that bothered to be fair.

Like I’ve said, there’s no need to massively overreact, but I also get some of the reaction as the 4 games we’ve played so far (3 of them at home) have been pathetic performances, possibly Mansfield aside (although we were clearly second best and got away with it). That cannot be disputed, even by you.

[dickos1]

Harrogate wasn’t pathetic.
We created more chances, dangerous situations in that game than we have in the rest combined

[DonnyOsmond]

I've fairly easily just found of post from Feb 22 of Dickos saying he thinks we'll stay up... Despite at that point we were 19 points adrift.

[dickos1]

So I thought we would and by the looks of it we clawed 17 points back in the remaining 2 months of the season. So almost did it.
Wasn’t that bad of a prediction

[pib]

It was criminal that we technically took it to the last game of that season. We were utterly diabolical.

[normal rules]

Two weeks in and we are already talking about injuries.
Has any team, in any division ever been so blighted with injuries. Season in and season out?

[Copps is Magic]

We need to put this one to rest. Our injuries are average to any other team. Mansfield took 3 off with injuries on Tuesday, for example. We've got a big squad for this league and it's by no means depleted.

[BillyStubbsTears]

We need to put this one to rest. Our injuries are average to any other team. Mansfield took 3 off with injuries on Tuesday, for example. We've got a big squad for this league and it's by no means depleted.

The bigger question is: who of the injured players would make a significant improvement, in this formation, over the XI that started yesterday?

[ROKERITE]

I was expecting promotion or else I wouldn't have backed you so heavily. McCann wouldn't have been my first choice but he's proven as a decent manager. Let's hope things click sooner rather than later.

[Chris Black come back]

On paper, Close would bring more progression and control, but hasn’t to date in his career with us managed a single standout performance. Anyone expecting him to turn this underperforming midfield around single-handedly is fantasy.